How fashion is connected to loss of biodiversity
Aside from the environmental degradation that happens as a result of textile production, textile waste is becoming a growing biodiversity concern too.
Tag: Biodiversity
Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda
Biodiversity is what maintains the stability of our ecosystems. We rely on biodiversity for food and energy, and we depend on its indispensable role in sustaining air quality, providing fresh water and soil, and regulating climate. Yet, according to a...
Ask Emma: It’s Arbor Month. What trees do I plant?
Fashion has a deforestation issue. More than 200 million trees are logged every year and turned into cellulosic fabric such as viscose, according to Canopy, a campaign group on a mission to save the world’s forests. Currently, forests in Indonesia,...
Reimagine. Recreate. Restore.
The world’s ecosystems – forests, farmlands, cities, wetlands, grasslands, oceans, waterways – which are critical to supporting life on Earth are in danger. The next ten years offer the last opportunity we have to prevent catastrophic climate change and further...
11 Ways you can help protect nature’s biodiversity
To mark International Day for Biological Biodiversity on Saturday (22 May), we’ve compiled a list of tips you can apply to your life to help conserve nature’s biodiversity. Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one...
Biodiversity isn’t just pretty: it future-proofs our world
Ecosystems provide services that support life and here is why we need to protect it.